Friday, June 20, 2008

In-Progress At Milwaukee: Craftsman Trucks On SPEED (Updated)

The Truck Series comes to Milwaukee for another good battle on the kind of track that is well-suited for this series.

Rick Allen and Phil Parsons will call the action and as usual Ray Dunlap and Adam Alexander will handle the pit road reporting duties. Krista Voda will begin the night with The Set-Up pre-race show at 9PM Eastern Time.

Things to look for tonight are the contrast in styles between a race with Michael Waltrip as the third booth announcer and this race with just Allen and Parsons. The last short-track race was a wreck-fest, and it should be interesting to see how everyone behaves on this fast and flat oval. Look for the pit reporters to have plenty of stories to discuss.

This just in: A Daly Planet reader points to this story on Jayski that basically tells the tale of a Truck Series team that will make the regular NASCAR driver, Chad Chaffin, step-out of the Truck during the race to let a paid driver take-over. British driver Paul Poulter has brought financial support to the team, and just as we have often seen in Sports Car racing, will be racing "his" truck. Let's see what the SPEED guys have to say about it.

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38 comments:

Allow me to indulge on a storyline I would like to see Speed cover tonight for the truck race that may remind you of your Formula One days.

Jayski has a Tennessean item about Paul Poulter, a British driver who will be relieving Chad Chaffin in the #40 this evening because he has "brought financial support to the team"

That sounds strangely like one of the least appealing storylines in F1 - the pay driver. Riccardo Rosset, Giovanni Lavaggi and others who were often so slow that they failed to be within the 107% rule.

Remember the 107% rule?

I think this needs at least a little attention to see if its a limited financial issue for one team or a larger sign about the financial status of teams in general.

I'm sorry to say I had to look that "big" word up. Never have heard it before. Pretty good way to describe the way it was sung though. I've learned my thing for the day.A dirge is a somber song expressing mourning or grief, such as would be appropriate for performance at a funeral.

I thought Brad was very good, and contributed to the quality of the broadcast while he was there.

Being one of three brothers whose names all start with the same letter, I am betting that Brian and Brad are quite used to being called by each other's names. My mother and my grandmother both used to do it to us all the time, along with teachers and many others.

If I recall, the old 107% rule was a requirement that the F1 backmarker cars had a qualifying speed within 107% of the pole sitter in order to be allowed to start the race. Many paying drivers and teams with outdated equipment frequently failed to be fast enough.

Good show as usual.It sure would be nice to try Rick, Phil, and Larry Mac for a Sunday broadcast. They would definitely be a great team for the Saturday race!Missed Krista tonight.It will be good when Doug starts. If anything is missing it's a crew chief point of view.